The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-09-18
A sAUNTER ALONG THE wHARvEs

and surrounding country-we meet
with long line of grain sheds. These
are huge warehouses, open TO the
water, where thousands upon thous-
ands of bushels of wheat and other
grains are constantly stored. Alongside
come the river boats to unload their
cargo and the big deep-sea vessels to
load and carry theirs to feed the world.
The grain is always packed in burlap
sacks, and these grainsheds entirely
take the place of the elevators in the
central portion of our country. 1t may
not be generally known that in Cali
fornia grain is threshed and sacked be
fore it leaves the field. A California
wheat farm is a giant affair-a matter
perhaps of some 10000 or II 600 acres.
The machinery to work such farm
costs as high as So 900 or $4,000. The
same machine cuts, threshes and sacks
the wheat, leaving it ready to load and
transport to market. Four men with
one of these machines and the necessary
mules or horses, will finish in one day
some thirty or thirty-five acres of
wheat. Owing to moisture, such a
| system of harvesting would be i'm
practicable in the east; but here, as
| California has no rain in the summer
time, it is we'll adapted.
A little farther we come upon a great
number of fishing boats, and that
"ANcIENT AND FIsH-LIKE SMELL"
becomes uncomfortably prevalent.
Spread about in endless profusion are
immense numbers of nets-toils into
which are inveigled the fnny wander
ers of the deep. Fishing is chiefly done
in the nighttime. 1t is not always con-
fined to the bay but extends out into
deep water. The fishermen return in
the early morning, when busy and
noisv scene ensues. They are mostly
Italians, and the jabber they indulge in
leads one Involuntary back to the first
great hubbub at Babel. There has re-
Gently been lone cry among the fish
ing fraternity--which appears to be pc
Acknowledgements the continued exis-
tance of the seals near the Cliff House.
1t is claimed that they are responsible
for sad diminution in the supply OF
fish, thus entalling great loss upon
fishermen. The press and others claim,
however, that the fishermen themselves
are the delinquents, inasmuch as they
habitually catch fish smaller than the
law prescribes; and this latter is prob
ably the correct theory. Apropos of
this, near a score of Chinese were ar
rested, charged with the above Offense,
and, Notwithstanding their strenuous
efforts to cheat the law, it appears that
tn are TO be made an example of;
which, indeed, is devoutly to be wished.
Farther on are a series Of wharVes -
Jackson Street, Washington Street, etc.,
the rendezvous of local trading boats.
Here are immense stacks of fruits and
vegetables shipped from inland towns;
and the continual crush of wagons,
drays and carts, is enough to distract
those unused to it.
In this neighborhood, too, and far
Their south, is seen the vast traffic car
ried on in coal. The little donkey en-
gines, railing and snorting away, some
times three or four on single pier,
hoist the black diamonds from the
ships holds in tubs. The coal is then
dumped into funnel shaped receptacle
from which. by means of a simple lever,
it is finally filled in the carts and car
ried away. Thus the outside work is
mostly done by machinery; but on the
ship the coal has to be shoveled inc the
hosting tub by hand. The men who do
this, no matter bow neat and trim they
are, are so blackened by nighttime
that their best girls would scarcely
know them. Most of this coal comes
from Washington Territory, from
THE MINES NEAR SEATTLE.
It was lately reported that coal depos-
its had been found near Los Angeles; if
this prove true, it will be more valuable
to California than gold or diamonds.
Then there are the lumber yards
Timber of all kinds, shapes and sizes,
from lath up to ninety-toot beam.
The lumber is unloaded from the ships,
and carted off on two-wheeled trucks:
after which 1t is stacked IN piles as de
sired. To one unused TO shipping, it is
simply astonishing to see the amount OF
timber that can come from compare
lively small vessel.
1t were endless to mention every
thing of interest along the waters
front. The great Jerry boats crossing
and recrossing, a steam tug towing
some giant vessel, incoming and out
going steamers, dredging machine at
work near the piers, the thousand
vessels from all parts of the world, the
ship yards, manufact cries, all give an
air of various and ever-chaDging COM
me ton. The commercial interests of
San Francisco are indeed immense.
In 1886, she was the fourth commercial
city in the Union when judged by the
customs duties; the third when judged
by her imports; being exceeded only
by New York and Boston; and the
sixth when judged by her exports.
San Francisco is also great manu-
featuring centre. Her growth in this
direction, as in others, has been
phenomenal She has $3.50, 600 900 in
vested in this way, and is rated as the
tenth manufacturing city in the United
States. A notable recognition of this
Importance was lately shown her by
the government, when one of the new
sruisers to be built was awarded to the
Union Iron Works. There is abundant
employment for labor at good prices;
really, no person who is willing to
work need go hungry at present in
California.
The great recreation ground of the
city is
GOLDEN GATE PARK.
Here on sunny days the people come
in great numbers. On Saturdays, and
especially Sundays, they turn out en-
masSe; for on those days music is dis
coursed by fine band. There may be
seen merry crowds out for good time,